Exam Sample 2 Flashcards
The Restricted Operator’s Certificate (M) is valid for which type of radio:
for both VHF and MF Marine band radios.
The letters GMDSS stand for:
Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
Now that GMDSS is available, the Coast Guard will:
monitor Ch 16 and MF 2182 kHz for the foreseeable future.
An MMSI # must be:
must be programmed into the radio.
If installing a DSC/VHF to replace a non-DSC radio, you should:
apply for a MMSI #
A pleasure craft vessel MUST be fitted with DSC/GMDSS equipment if it is:
pleasure craft vessels are not required to have DSC/GMDSS equipment.
An MMSI # is:
sometimes supplied and entered by the dealer. If not, you must obtain one and install it.
Channel 70 is used for:
Digital Selective Calling
You receive a DSC Distress call on your class D radio, you should:
listen to determine if the Coast Guard received the call.
You may use your DSC marine radio for:
transmitting Mayday calls on Ch 70.
A class SC101 DSC radio meets the minimum requirements for use on:
voluntarily equipped pleasure craft only.
When positional information is needed for a digital call, your position:
must have been manually entered or be available from an interfaced GPS at least every 4 hours
To transmit a DSC ‘Urgency’ call, you:
specify the channel you will be using (e.g., Ch 16), select Call, All Ships, Enter, then switch to that channel
To transmit a DSC ‘Safety’ call, you:
specify the working channel (probably Ch 06), select Call, All Ships, Enter (to send call), then switch to your working channel.
The ‘Directory’ is used to:
store names and MMSI #s of friends and others such as Coast Guard Stations.
The proper procedure to make a DSC Routine call to another DSC radio is:
select working channel, press Call, Routine, select MMSI #, verify, Enter, change to working channel.
Which of the following is true?
a. The COSPAS-SARSAT system was established by Canada and France.
b. COSPAS-SARSAT was designed to provide cell phone communicartions.
* c. COSPAS is maintained by Russia and SARSAT by the USA.
d. The COSPAS-SARSAT system belongs to England.
The response time for an EPIRB is usually:
anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 hours
An activated EPIRB transmits what type of signals:
signals to COSPAS/SARSAT satellites in digital format.
EPIRBs operate on which frequency:
406 MHz
A SART transponder:
sends out a signal in response to a RADAR signal from a search vessel’s RADAR.
The WWNWS system is used to provide:
maritime safety information to vessels at sea.
